πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
subs.
P. and V. μέλος, τό, ᾠδή, ἡ, ὕμνος, ὁ, V. ἀοιδή, ἡ; see song.
ōdē: or ōda, ae, = ᾠδή,
I a song, esp. a lyric song, an ode (post-class. for carmen), Auct. Carm. Philom. 13; 25.
